John Caldwell
Well-Known Member
Sorry David, but I have to remain faithful to Scripture even in my own theories. The indoctrinated hold believes that they have no right to hold because they are not really theirs. You, for example, are indoctrinated. The evidence is that:That's not assumed, that is spelled out. The penalty of sin is death. The PUNISHMENT of sin is death. The PUNISHMENT of sin is the wrath of God. None of that is a presupposition. The text tells us this.
All penalties are punishments.
Can you elaborate on this?
It actually does, people just don't admit the theological inconsistency.
Let me correct your statement: SINCE Penal Substitution is true, Limited Atonement is the only biblical position.
Criteria that you are inconsistent in applying.
1. You dismiss other interpretations of Scripture as rejections of Scripture itself.
2. You claim it is not relevant that those sources provide as holding the Theory have never expressed that they held your theory
3. You believe it is of no consequence that the passages you provide to support your theory do not actually express your theory
4. You claim that "good theology" is not based on the biblical text itself but what people find implied within the text.
I am a Baptist so I reject your hermeneutic method. I have studied ancient literature (secular and religious prior to seminary) in college so I reject your idea of blending our worldview into theirs. I hold the "classic view" of Atonement so I reject Penal Substitution Theory. I am a conservative Christian so I reject your religion.
If you want to talk about what I do believe you have that forum available to you. As far as what I reject, I reject your interpretation of Scripture because I reject the lens through which you view Scripture.